Funding of UK astronomy: Adequate or appalling?

UK pledge for funding boost

This approach has been talked about, but people didn't take it seriously But Wimmer did make something that evoked the word that assures stories prominent play: 'terrorism'. As the Independent wrote, '[T]hey wanted to show how easily lethal diseases could be developed by bioterrorists. In principle it would be possible to use the same procedure to make far deadlier but more complex viruses, suc...

Brexit and funding for UK R&D.

THIS time last year, the UK’s electorate was gearing up to vote in a referendum to decide on the country’s future in the European Union. This week, the electorate is gearing up to vote again, this time to decide on the government it wants to lead Brexit negotiations. Among those who will be following those negotiations closely will be members of the UK’s research, development and innovation sec...

Mapping UK mental health research funding and its contribution to global funding: A refined analysis for the UK context

A refined analysis for the UK context

The EFL Pre-Service Teacher Training in Iran: Is it Adequate or not?

Teacher training programs should provide evidence that they are preparing teacher trainees for their teaching career. However, the literature contains few evaluation reports of the layout of the pre-service EFL teacher training program in Iranian EFL context, a gap which this study tries to fill. The participants of the study were high school EFL teachers (n = 346), teacher trainees (n = 97) an...

Funding issues confronting high growth SMEs in the UK